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The Search for Bacteria and Viruses in the Stratosphere

N. Chandra Wickramasinghe, 1 Buckingham Centre for Astrobiology, University of Buckingham, UK, Dhammika Maganarachchi, Robert Temple, Daryl H. Wallis, Edward J. Steele, Meththika Vithanage, Reginald M. Gorczynski, Gensuke Tokoro, Brig Klyce, Predrag Slijepcevic, 2 Centre for Astrobiology, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka (+11 others)
2020 Advances in Astrophysics  

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As we enter a new decade a plethora of evidence pointing to our cosmic origins is close to the point of being overwhelming. The possibility that viruses and bacteria of extraterrestrial origin are implicated in the onset and propagation of pandemic diseases, although still a controversial hypothesis, is also coming to the fore as one of the more plausible explanations of recent epidemiologic data. A long-entrenched paradigm of Earth-centred biology appears to prevail in scientific culture,
more » ... we believe is stifling serious concern for monitoring the Earth's stratosphere for incoming bacteria and viruses and in consequence our safety. A matter of crucial importance for the next decade is to carry out a single decisive experiment that is long overdue -establishing empirically that extraterrestrial microbiota are continually being resupplied to the stratosphere and reaching Earth in biologically significant numbers.
doi:10.22606/adap.2020.52003 fatcat:hf7gib4nmbh7hdzg4oz3fdnaau
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N. Chandra Wickramasinghe, 1 Buckingham Centre for Astrobiology, University of Buckingham, UK, Dhammika Maganarachchi, Robert Temple, Daryl H. Wallis, Edward J. Steele, Meththika Vithanage, Reginald M. Gorczynski, Gensuke Tokoro, Brig Klyce, Predrag Slijepcevic, 2 Centre for Astrobiology, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 3 National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 4 Institute for the Study of Panspermia and Astroeconomics, Gifu, Japan, Institute for the Study of Panspermia and Astroeconomics, Gifu, Japan, History of Chinese Science and Culture Foundation Conway Hall, London, UK, National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka, Centre for Astrobiology, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka; History of Chinese Science and Culture Foundation Conway Hall, London, UK, University of Sri Jayawardenepura, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, University Toronto Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada, Institute for the Study of Panspermia and Astroeconomics, Gifu, Japan, Astrobiology Research Trust, Memphis, TN, USA, Brunel University, London, UK. "The Search for Bacteria and Viruses in the Stratosphere." Advances in Astrophysics 5.2 (2020)